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Casey Newton
Platformer founder; Hard Fork co-host
Tech journalist whose newsletter Platformer and Hard Fork podcast have been key mainstream venues for AI coverage. Reports from the middle, skeptical of hype but attentive to safety arguments.
current Founder, Platformer
Strategy positions
Governance firstmixed
Lead with regulation, treaties, liability regimesReports on AI policy and the AI lab politics; generally pro-regulation pragmatic.
The AI companies are going to police themselves exactly as well as every past industry has, which is to say, not at all.
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Record last updated 2026-04-24.